people

people
peo|ple1 W1S1 [ˈpi:pəl] n
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1¦(persons)¦
2¦(people in general)¦
3¦(country/race)¦
4 the people
5 somebody's people
6 of all people
7¦(to get attention)¦
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[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: peuple, from Latin populus; POPULAR]
1.) ¦(PERSONS)¦ [plural]
used as the plural of 'person' to refer to men, women, and children
▪ How many people were at the meeting?
▪ At least 40 people were killed.
▪ the people who live next door
2.) ¦(PEOPLE IN GENERAL)¦ [plural]
people in general, or people other than yourself
▪ I don't care what people think.
▪ People can be really mean sometimes.
theatre/business etc people
(=people who work or are involved in the theatre etc)
▪ The hotel was full of business people.
3.) ¦(COUNTRY/RACE)¦ [C also + plural verb]
the people who belong to a particular country, race, or area
the British/American etc people
▪ He pledged that he would never lie to the American people.
people of
▪ the Basques, a people of north western Spain
▪ the peoples of Europe
4.) the people [plural]
a) all the ordinary people in a country or a state, not the government or ruling class
▪ The people rebelled.
▪ Rice formed the staple food of the common people .
▪ The party try to portray the prime minister as a man of the people (=someone in power who understands or is like ordinary people) .
the people's party/army etc
(=belonging to or popular with the ordinary people)
▪ the People's Liberation Army
▪ Diana - the people's princess
b) AmE used in court cases to represent the government of the US or of a particular state
▪ The People vs. Romero
5.) sb's people [plural]
a) the people that a king or leader rules or leads
▪ The king ordered his people to prepare for war.
b) the people who work for a person or organization
▪ A manager's job is to make his or her people feel part of the system.
c) old-fashioned your relatives, especially your parents, grandparents etc
▪ Do your people live round here?
6.) of all people
spoken used to say that someone is the person you would least or most expect to do something
▪ Why should he, of all people, get a promotion?
▪ You of all people should have known better.
7.) ¦(TO GET ATTENTION)¦ [plural]
AmE spoken informal used to get the attention of a group of people
▪ Listen up, people!
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HINT sense 1
See also: person
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people 2
people2 v [T usually passive] formal
1.) if a country or area is peopled by people of a particular type, they live there
= ↑inhabit be peopled by/with sb
▪ an island peopled by hardy seafolk
2.) if a story or someone's imagination is peopled by people of a particular type, it is full of them
be peopled by/with sb
▪ Her world was peopled with imaginary friends.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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